Sacrifice of a Giant

In some stories, the world was made from the body of a giant who was very kind or very powerful. His hair became the forests, his bones became the mountains, and his tears became the salty oceans. This means that everything we see around us is actually part of a living being. When you walk on the grass, you are walking on a story, and when you look at the moon, you are looking at a piece of history. We are all made of the same stuff as the world, so we must treat everything with love.

The mountains are bones. The rivers are tears. The forests are hair. You are walking on someone's story. And you are made of the same stuff.

The Sacrifice of a Giant (Purusha in Hinduism, Ymir in Norse myth) highlights the Immanence of the Divine. The Creator did not just make the world; the Creator became the world. Root of Panentheism: the Divine resides within every atom of the material plane.

SOUND: The deep thumping of a drum that sounds like a giant's heartbeat.

SMELL: The metallic scent of iron in the earth or a forest floor.

TASTE: The saltiness of your own tears or sweat.

TOUCH: Feeling the hard bones of a rock under soft moss.

SIGHT: A mountain range that looks like a sleeping person.

BODY: Realizing your own body is made of the same atoms as the stars: the giant lives in you.

Music: At Last by Etta James

Part of Creation Myths — MYTHOLOGY — Education Revelation